"How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyesâ€”how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence."

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Source : Daniel Keyes (2004). “Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Daniel Keyes

#Eye Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We're told, everybody, that all things are bad. Bad is not good and good is not bad. Bad and good go together. You have to accept one to understand the other. You've got to accept yourself as God. You've got to realize you're just the devil just as much as you're God, that you're everything and you're nothing at all.”
“A horn has that voice quality, and an electric guitar can emulate that. But playing an acoustic, the notes don't sustain like that.”
“The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval,we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness,we are practicing harshness.”
“The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.”
“Without goals, training has no direction.”
“American women often fall into the trap of, "Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night." It's so old-fashioned. The French are not afraid of their luxury. Americans can be so puritanical and think, "That's my special-occasion bag." Whereas, for a French woman, it's her everyday bag.”
“To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.”

Source : Hermione Gingold (1958). “The world is square”
“I think for a woman, getting older can help, through personal experience, although of course older women are then rendered invisible in our society, another existential crisis.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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